Irish Alpine skier Cormac Comerford is set to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics, in part, thanks to a crowd-funding campaign to cover safety expenses.

The last time Grillo skied at Giants Ridge, she won both events of the Martin Luther King Invite. The last time she skied in the state meet, she earned All-State honors by finishing 18th in her second state appearance.

Swiss alpine skier Franjo von Allmen claimed the first gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in men's downhill with a time of 1:51.61 here on Saturday. The 24-year-old Olympic debutant finished 0.20 seconds ahead of Italy's silver medalist Giovanni Franzoni and 0.50 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Dominik Paris, also of Italy.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY, Feb 7 - Carved into the pale limestone amphitheatre of the Italian Dolomites, the Olimpia delle Tofane descends toward Cortina d’Ampezzo like a ribbon of alpine history - a slope where speed,